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Harriet Beecher Stowe: Author and Advocate
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the American author who, in writing Uncle Tom's cabin, revealed the cruelties of slavery and further split an already divided country. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Inspiring Life Story of the Abolition Advocate
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Aug. 1, 2016)In the years leading up to the bloody Civil War, the issue of slavery divided the United States. Harriet Beecher Stowe hated slavery and used her gift of writing to fight its injustice. Her novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, revealed the cruelties of slavery and further split an already divided country.
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Geronimo: The Inspiring Life Story of an Apache Warrior
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Aug. 1, 2016)Geronimo was one of the fiercest Apache warriors of all time. He was both admired and feared as he spent years fighting to preserve the Apache way of life in the American Southwest.
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Joseph Stalin: Dictator of the Soviet Union
Brenda Haugen
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2006)A biography profiling the life of Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Crazy Horse: Sioux Warrior
Brenda Haugen
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Crazy Horse, the Sioux Native American known for his generosity, courage, and fierce determination to preserve his people's lands and way of life. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Winston Churchill: British Soldier, Writer, Statesman
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2006)A biography profiling the life of Winston Churchill, the heroic prime minister of Great Britain and Nobel Prize winner. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Amelia Earhart: Legendary Aviator
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2006)Amelia Earhart gained worldwide fame in 1928 when she became the first woman to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean. Her lifelong accomplishments as an aviator influenced pilots in the United States and throughout the world. Her bravery encouraged women to learn to fly and fulfill their dreams. On her attempt to circumnavigate the globe at the equator, Earhart and her plane vanished and were never found. But her memory endures as a symbol of adventure, courage, and perseverance.
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Frederick Douglass: Slave, Writer, Abolitionist
Brenda Haugen
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Frederick Douglass, his escape from slavery, his career as an author and orator, and his quest for justice. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The New Deal President
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2006)A biography profiling the life Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Geronimo: Apache Warrior
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Geronimo, the well-known Apache Native American leader. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Jonathan Toews
Brenda Haugen
Library Binding (Capstone Press, Aug. 1, 2015)A team leader and one of the best defensive forwards in the game, Jonathan Toews became a hockey superstar at a very young age. As a little kid, he wouldn't eat breakfast until his mom let him put on his skates. Now he's captain of the Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks. Learn about Toews' rise to hockey stardom and how he became a leader at various levels, all the way to the NHL.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The New Deal President
Brenda Haugen
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2006)A biography profiling the life Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.